q¹ Definition
q (kyo̵̅o̅)
noun pl. Q's, q's
- the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet: via Latin from the early Greek koppa, a borrowing from the Phoenician
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English words, where it is typically followed by u (except in words borrowed from Arabic), the (kw) of queen or (k) of conquer
- a type or impression for q or Q
- the seventeenth in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of q or Q
- seventeenth in a sequence or group
- shaped like
q² Definition
q
- quart
- quarter
- quarterly
- quarto
- query
- question
- quintal
- quire
Q¹ Definition
Q (kyo̵̅o̅)
noun
Etymology: q(uality factor)
Electronics the ratio of energy stored to energy lost in a component or substanceQ² Definition
Q
Etymology: L quadrans
farthing- Quebec
- Queen
- Chess queen
- quetzal
Q³ Definition
Q
Physics electric charge
Q Law Definition
abbr
The abbreviation used in
trial transcripts and depositions to mark each question asked.
Q Telecom Definition
- One of the two letters, along with Z, that traditionally did not appear on a telephone dial or keypad. The thought was that Q could be confused with O, and that Z could be confused with 2. Q now appears with P, R, and S on number 7. Alphanumeric dialing was, and remains, a North American practice. Telephones in most other countries do not sport letters.
- Q interface or Reference Point Q in ISDN. See Reference Point Q.
q Usage Examples
Converse of object
- net: On the five first four hands would net q want to be.
- contain: Therefore, that interval contains a rational q x and all those rationals are distinct.
Adjective modifier
- board.: Half board. q Night 4: Santo de Serra.
- included.: We suggest you budget £ 100 per person for dinners not included. q Night 1: Engelberg.
- hotel.: Dinner at hotel. q Day 2: Bad Goisern Circular Walk, There are different options today.
- town.: There are numerous good restaurants in the Citadelle end of town. q Night 3.
- day.: We indicate in route notes the various possibilities for each day. q Night 1: Sarrazac.
- net: A calling station would net q throwing darts shooting you a sense.
Modifies a noun
- &rarr: It is another for the conditional q → p to be true.
- uality: General Air q uality A general description of the extent to which the atmosphere contains pollutants principally from man-made sources.
- u: He also notes has already retained b q u the virtues of.
- amp: The way at of bite and quot q amp pasta stations.
- S: This turns out to be inconvenient, so instead we replace the q s in the denominator by their MLE.
- k: Self wt. of beam ), and imposed ( q k ) loads of 6 kN/m and 8 kN/m respectively.
Noun used with modifier
- p: Thus the body m n is surrounded by a larger amount of light than the body p q, as is shown above.
- F: Indeed, this is a norm on F q ( t ).
- k: The Poisson approximation would be acceptable ( q small and k q small ).
- R: P R q R = KQ R T Kp R.
- r: C-c r q ( Control-c r q ): Query Bring up a query buffer to do a manual search.
- angle: Figure 2 shows the dependence of bending stiffness on test angle q.

